Wolf-Peter Schill<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/GermanEnergyFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GermanEnergyFact</span></a> #5: It gets dirty - lets talk about coal.</p><p>After two unplanned digressions (LNG and electric cars), I now return to primary <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> consumption facts for 🇩🇪 , this time focusing on hard <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a>. I use new <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/AGEB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGEB</span></a> data available here: <a href="https://ag-energiebilanzen.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/03-Steinkohle_2022.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ag-energiebilanzen.de/wp-conte</span><span class="invisible">nt/uploads/2022/11/03-Steinkohle_2022.pdf</span></a></p><p>▶️ Overall coal consumption increased by nearly 5% in 2022 vs. 2021. <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/wrongdirection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wrongdirection</span></a><br>▶️ Overall consumption in 2022 was 323 TWh, or nearly 4000 kWh per capita. <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/thisisstillalot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thisisstillalot</span></a></p>